Sam Taylor-Johnson began life as Samantha Taylor, then became Sam Taylor-Wood and now goes by her married name as stated…. She started working in photography and film in the 1990s, alongside fellow Young British Artists, Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin. She exhibited at Venice Biennale 1997, winning the Illy Café Prize for Most Promising Young Artist, and receiving a Turner Prize nomination in 1998.
